Descriptive Summary: 440f., b&w, There is no Jack Teagarden footage on this reel, possibly excised and used elsewhere.
Copyright: 1949
Corporate Creator: Universal Pictures
Producer: Will Cowan
Director: Will Cowan
Performer(s): (as announced), the orchestras of, Henry Busse, Sonny Dunham, Stan Kenton, Frankie Masters, Harry Owens, Louis Prima, Jack Teagarden
Song Title(s):
1. "Artistry in Rhythm", Kenton; Shelly Mann, Eddie Szafranski
2. "Stompin' at the Savoy", Masters
3. "Mandolins and Waikiki", Owens with unidentified male vocalist
4. Unidentified instrumental, Busse, Chubby Jackson on bass
5. "That Old Black Magic", vocals and trumpet solo by Prima
6. Unidentified instrumental, Dunham
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Collection Citation:
Ernie Smith Jazz Film Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Sponsor:
America's Jazz Heritage: A Partnership of the The Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund and the Smithsonian Institution provided the funding to produce many of the video master and reference copies.
Collection is open for research but the films are stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.
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Collection Citation:
Ernie Smith Jazz Film Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Sponsor:
America's Jazz Heritage: A Partnership of the The Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund and the Smithsonian Institution provided the funding to produce many of the video master and reference copies.
Descriptive Summary: 1210f., b&w, an excerpt from the full-length motion-picture
Copyright: 1934
Corporate Creator: Warner Brothers
Producer: Hal B. Wallis
Director: Ray Enright
Performer(s): Dick Powell, Joan Blondell, Ruby Keeler Song Title(s):
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Collection Citation:
Ernie Smith Jazz Film Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Sponsor:
America's Jazz Heritage: A Partnership of the The Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund and the Smithsonian Institution provided the funding to produce many of the video master and reference copies.
Corporate Creator: Columbia Pictures, "Film Vodvil" Series 1, Number 2
Director: Harry Foster
Performer(s): Cootie Williams and His Orchestra, Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson, Laurel Watson
Song Title(s):
1. "I Love My Baby, But My Baby Don't Love Me [Things Ain't What They Used to Be], vocals by Vinson
2. "Giddap Mule", vocals by Watson
Video reference copy available.
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research but the films are stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.
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Collection Citation:
Ernie Smith Jazz Film Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Sponsor:
America's Jazz Heritage: A Partnership of the The Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund and the Smithsonian Institution provided the funding to produce many of the video master and reference copies.
Descriptive Summary: 355f., b&w, appears to be a composite reel created by Ernie Smith
Performer(s): Cootie Williams and His Orchestra, the Douglas Brothers, the Lindy Hoppers, Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson, Laurel Watson
Song Title(s):
1. Unidentified instrumental
2. "I Love My Baby, But My Baby Don't Love Me [Things Ain't What They Used to Be], vocals by Vinson
3. Unidentified tune, acrobatic dances by the Douglas Brothers
4. "Giddap Mule", vocals by Watson
5. Unidentified tune, dances by the Lindy Hoppers
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Collection Citation:
Ernie Smith Jazz Film Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Sponsor:
America's Jazz Heritage: A Partnership of the The Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund and the Smithsonian Institution provided the funding to produce many of the video master and reference copies.
6. "Love is the Fashion", unidentified female vocalist sings during a fashion show
7. "I Love Coffee, I Love Tea", ocarina quartet
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Collection Citation:
Ernie Smith Jazz Film Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Sponsor:
America's Jazz Heritage: A Partnership of the The Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund and the Smithsonian Institution provided the funding to produce many of the video master and reference copies.
Descriptive Summary: 590f., b&w, an Ernie Smith compilation reel:
1. "Organ Grinders Swing", Temple and Robinson dance together, an excerpt from ?
2. Broadway Melody of 1940
Copyright: 1940
Corporate Creator: MGM
Producer: Jack Cummings
Director: Norman Taurog
Performer(s): Fred Astaire, Eleanor Powell
Song Title(s): a. "Jukebox Dance" Powell and Astaire dance b. "Begin the Beguine", Powell and Astaire dance (see also 491.3-2-5)
Video reference copy available.
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research but the films are stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.
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Collection Citation:
Ernie Smith Jazz Film Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Sponsor:
America's Jazz Heritage: A Partnership of the The Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund and the Smithsonian Institution provided the funding to produce many of the video master and reference copies.
Descriptive Summary: 225f., b&w, a production number from the movie, unidentified instrumental
Copyright: 1944
Corporate Creator: United Artists
Producer: Andrew L. Stone
Director: Andrew L. Stone
Performer(s): Eleanor Powell, 12 female acrobatic dances and one dancing horse
Video reference copy available.
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research but the films are stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.
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Collection Citation:
Ernie Smith Jazz Film Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Sponsor:
America's Jazz Heritage: A Partnership of the The Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund and the Smithsonian Institution provided the funding to produce many of the video master and reference copies.
Descriptive Summary: 110f., b&w, three couples dance to an unidentified instrumental number
Copyright: Performance Date:
Corporate Creator:
Producer:
Director: Lesley Manning
Performer(s): The Lindy Hoppers
Video reference copy available.
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Collection Citation:
Ernie Smith Jazz Film Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Sponsor:
America's Jazz Heritage: A Partnership of the The Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund and the Smithsonian Institution provided the funding to produce many of the video master and reference copies.
Descriptive Summary: 117f., b&w, Murray instructs couples on how to dance The Shag.
Copyright: Performance Date:
Corporate Creator: 20th Century Fox
Producer: Al Christie
Director:
Performer(s): Arthur Murray and His Shag Dancers
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Collection Citation:
Ernie Smith Jazz Film Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Sponsor:
America's Jazz Heritage: A Partnership of the The Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund and the Smithsonian Institution provided the funding to produce many of the video master and reference copies.
Collection is open for research but the films are stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.
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Collection Citation:
Ernie Smith Jazz Film Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Sponsor:
America's Jazz Heritage: A Partnership of the The Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund and the Smithsonian Institution provided the funding to produce many of the video master and reference copies.
Performer(s): Bill Robinson, Muriel Rahn, Hattie Noel
Song Title(s):
1. "Bill Robinson's Stomp", Robinson vocals and dance
2. "Love Locked Out", vocals by Rahn
3. "Old Folks at Home", dance by Robinson
4. "Old Black Joe", dance by Robinson
5. "Love's Old Sweet Song (Just a Song at Twilight)", dance by Robinson
6. "(There Are) Smiles", dance by Robinson
7. "Got the Jitters", vocals by Noel
8. "Harlem Honeymoon", group number
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Collection Citation:
Ernie Smith Jazz Film Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Sponsor:
America's Jazz Heritage: A Partnership of the The Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund and the Smithsonian Institution provided the funding to produce many of the video master and reference copies.
Collection is open for research but the films are stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.
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Collection Citation:
Ernie Smith Jazz Film Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Sponsor:
America's Jazz Heritage: A Partnership of the The Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund and the Smithsonian Institution provided the funding to produce many of the video master and reference copies.
Collection is open for research but the films are stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.
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Collection Citation:
Ernie Smith Jazz Film Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Sponsor:
America's Jazz Heritage: A Partnership of the The Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund and the Smithsonian Institution provided the funding to produce many of the video master and reference copies.
Descriptive Summary: 985f., b&w, A tv pilot in search of a sponsor, night club setting with a jazz band. Pitches for sponsors are interspersed with the musical numbers.
Copyright:
Corporate Creator:
Producer: Shepherd Trowel (sp?)
Director:
Performer(s): narrated by William B. Williams, Roy Eldridge, tp; Coleman Hawkins, ts; Johnny Guarnieri, p; Barry Galbraith, g; Milt Hinton, b; Cozy Cole, d; Carol Stephens, vocalist
Song Title(s):
1. "Lover Man", Hawkins solo
2. "Sunday", Eldridge solo
3. "Taking a Chance on Love", Eldridge solo, vocals by Stpehens
4. "Just You, Just Me", vocals by Stephens and Eldridge
Video reference copy available.
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Collection Citation:
Ernie Smith Jazz Film Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Sponsor:
America's Jazz Heritage: A Partnership of the The Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund and the Smithsonian Institution provided the funding to produce many of the video master and reference copies.
Performer(s): Sidney Bechet, Nelson Williams, Claude Luter, Michel Attenoux
Song Title(s):
1. A Dixie number, Luter and orchestra
2. "St. Louis Blues", Bechet with Luter's orchestra
3. "When the Saints Go Marching In", Williams with Luter's orchestra
4. "Royal Garden Blues", Bechet
5. "Unidentified number
6. Another Dixie number, Attenoux
7. Unidentified number, Bechet with Luter's orchestra
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Collection Citation:
Ernie Smith Jazz Film Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Sponsor:
America's Jazz Heritage: A Partnership of the The Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund and the Smithsonian Institution provided the funding to produce many of the video master and reference copies.
Descriptive Summary: 917f., color, Filmed on location at the Newport Jazz Festival in color, but much has been cut from the concert.
Copyright: 1970?
Corporate Creator: Festfilms, Inc, sponsored by the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Co.
Producer: George Wein and Sidney J. Starker
Director: George Wein and Sidney J. Starker
Performer(s): George Wein, mc; Louis Armstrong, v, tp; Mahalia Jackson, v; Dizzy Gillespie, v, tp; Ray Nance, v, tp; Bobby Hackett, tp; Tyree Glenn, tb; Benny Morton, tb; Dave McKenna, p; Jack Lesberg, b; Eureka Brass Band, Preservation Hall Band
Song Title(s):
1. "Hello Dolly", vocals by Armstrong
2. "Confessin'", vocals by Gillespie
3. "I'm in the Market for You", vocals by Nance
4. "Thanks a Million", Hackett
5. "Pennies from Heaven", vocals by Armstrong, instrumental solo by Hackett
6. "Blueberry Hill", vocals by Armstrong, instrumental solo by Glenn
7. "Sleepy Time Down South"
8. Unidentified number by the Eureka Brass Band
9. "Just a Closer Walk With Thee", vocals by Jackson
10. "Mack the Knife", Armstrong, Hackett, Eureka Brass Band
12. "Sleepy Time Down South", Eureka Brass Band
Video reference copy available.
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Collection Citation:
Ernie Smith Jazz Film Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Sponsor:
America's Jazz Heritage: A Partnership of the The Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund and the Smithsonian Institution provided the funding to produce many of the video master and reference copies.
Descriptive Summary: 1040f., b&w, A New Year's Eve party on a riverboat with Count Basie and His Orchestra.
Copyright: 1965 Performance Date: December 31, 1965 Producer John Weaver
Director: John Weaver
Performer(s): Count Basie and His Orchestra, Eddie Davis, ts; Richard Boone, Lamont Washington
Song Title(s):
1. Medium tempo blues (Neal Hefti composition), Davis, ts
2. "Cherry Point", (Neal Hefti)
3. "Blues in ---- Flat", (Frank Foster)
4. Scat vocals by Boone
5. "Vine Street Ramble", (Benny Carter)
6. "Sunny", vocals by Washington
7. "Jumpin' at the Woodside"
8. "One O'Clock Jump"
Video reference copy available.
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Collection Citation:
Ernie Smith Jazz Film Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Sponsor:
America's Jazz Heritage: A Partnership of the The Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund and the Smithsonian Institution provided the funding to produce many of the video master and reference copies.
Collection is open for research but the films are stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.
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Collection Citation:
Ernie Smith Jazz Film Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Sponsor:
America's Jazz Heritage: A Partnership of the The Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund and the Smithsonian Institution provided the funding to produce many of the video master and reference copies.
Descriptive Summary: 528f., b&w, an excerpt from Garland's 1963-64 CBS television show
Copyright: Performance Date:
Corporate Creator: Kingsrow Productions
Producer: George Schlatter
Director:
Performer(s): Judy Garland Song Title(s):
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Collection Citation:
Ernie Smith Jazz Film Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Sponsor:
America's Jazz Heritage: A Partnership of the The Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund and the Smithsonian Institution provided the funding to produce many of the video master and reference copies.